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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 251 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Every time we elect a Republican president we have to start rolling the ball all the way back up the hill again. Every goddamn time.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 146 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Good news! Apparently a lot of excitingly new young progressives are mad we haven’t rolled it back up high enough and are refusing to help!

Wait. Okay, not good news. Sorry.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 80 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (52 children)

Because they're not rolling it up fast enough! Can't you see? They just have to roll it faster and preferably all the way and then I'll get excited and help. Yup. Until then I'll be adding ankle weights to you too. And don't forget it's all your fault too.

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I don't blame people for giving up on a Sisyphean task

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 32 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (16 children)

They just don’t recognize that they’ll be crushed first when it rolls back. Maturity is learning not to commit all of your attention to the top of the mountain, but to always be mindful of the boulder.

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

Maturity is learning not to commit all of your attention to the top of the mountain, but to always be mindful of the boulder.

That is beautiful and so very true.

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I chuckled at the first commenter's description of this as a boulder, but honestly the metaphor is pretty robust.

[–] Sinful@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] stringere@leminal.space 2 points 6 months ago

Granite that I agree with the sediment.

[–] msage@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They are getting crushed anyway.

Even without "both sides", the situation worldwide is fucked. And "neither side" is going to change much. Yes, one is worse, but the better side still offers a bandaid over a gushing wound.

So I don't really blame them.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

We just need to help them understand the system better. I voted third-party when was young, and many of my friends abstained. That was due to a lack of education about our government. It’s not about swaying them to vote one way or the other, but just to help them understand how our system functions. After that, if they want to vote for Trump with conviction, so be it. At least it’ll be an informed decision.

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[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 21 points 6 months ago (9 children)

It's like you're stuck in the water with a riptide pushing you away from shore. A really strong swimmer would just swim against it, but you're not, so you swim parallel to shore because then later you can swim back in. At least it's not pushing you further out.

Nope.

Just decide to quit and drown. This is what the young "I'll show you by not participating" crowd sounds like to me.

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[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 months ago

No it's obviously only progressives fault dems keep only doing conservative like policies

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 22 points 6 months ago

But but but but bOtHsIdEsSaMe.